The Fishbrain map - what it is and how to use it

The Fishbrain Map feature is available on both Fishbrain.com and the Fishbrain app. You can find it in the Map tab at the bottom of the scre...

What are the yellow and green symbols in the water?

The yellow and green symbols in the water indicate that a fish was caught in that location. The different colors show how recent the catch w...

What if my fishing location is not on Fishbrain?

You have found a new fishing location! Please send an email to support@fishbrain.com providing the name and a Google Map link for the fishin...

What does it mean when a fishing water is pinging on the map?

When a fishing water is pinging on the map, it means a Fishbrain angler caught a fish in that water within the past 14 days. This function ...

How can I view depth maps in Fishbrain?

To view depth maps on the Fishbrain App, it’s required that you have a Fishbrain Pro account. To view depth maps on the Fishbrain App, ...

How to read depth contours?

On areas of lines with numbers, each line connects an area of equal depth. The area depth is shown in numbers by each line - so you can zoom...

What does the blue and grey mean on the Depth Contour map?

Fishbrain has a partnership with Navico, and we are using their social maps (known as C-Map) which is crowdsourced data.The blue coloured de...

What is spot prediction?

Fishing spot prediction is Fishbrain’s proprietary artificial intelligence algorithm that finds fishing spots for you. By analyzing map stru...

What are the yellow-colored areas that appear on the Map?

The yellow-colored areas on the map are Fishbrain’s spot predictions for fishing. They indicate potentially good fishing areas. The more int...

Can’t see the Depth Contours, Catch positions, Spot Predictions or your option to add Waypoints?

Please note that all these features are only available for Fishbrain Pro members. If you are a Pro angler and these features are missing fro...

Does Fishbrain have different depth maps, what are the differences, and who can see what?

Depth maps are only available for Fishbrain Pro members. Anglers located in the US and Canada have the option to switch between two depth ma...

How do I switch between depth maps?

Fishbrain Pro members in the US and Canada have the option to view both sources of depth maps. You can switch between sources from the map s...

Why can’t I see waters outside the US and Canada?

Fishbrain Pro Members in the US and CAN, who have switched their maps to Navionics, will only be shown waters for US and CAN. All waters out...

Why is the Navionics map loading slow?

Due to the amount of data needed, Navionics depth maps can take longer than other maps to load. This normally only occurs the first time, ho...

What do the Navionics map symbols mean?

Color coded areas:  Shallow water or swamp Shallow areas with seaweed 1-3 ft depth in intense blue areas. The lighter the area color, t...

How to read Navionics maps?

 Depth maps are accessible for Fishbrain Pro members only. Anglers located in the US and Canada have the option to switch between two d...

What are fishing regulations?

Fishing regulations exist to ensure species of fish are sustainably available in areas of the world. They are usually managed by local and f...

How are the fishing regulations set up and what areas do they cover?

Currently the available regulations on Fishbrain, support recreational saltwater fishing regulations for state and federal waters from Maine...

Why are some areas lacking any fishing regulations?

At the moment Fishbrain does not have regulation data for all states and regions. We are actively adding new regulations and partnering with...

What if I find an issue in the regulations or I want to contribute to them?

If you find any issues in our Regulations section or you want to contribute to them, please reach out to us at support@fishbrain.com detaili...

How to report information about fishing waters on the Fishbrain app?

If you find a fishing water with wrong or missing information, let us know directly on the Fishbrain app by following these simple steps:1. ...

How to report information about fishing waters on the Fishbrain website?

If you find a fishing water with wrong or missing information, let us know directly on the Fishbrain website by following these simple steps...